Hampden Estate 8-Year

Has some body, fruity, pineapple, and bananas. Cinnamon sweet after notes.

Great nose somewhat unique but familiar at the same time. Have had something similar before. Not a super smooth sipper but great lingering flavor with medium alcohol burn on the finish. Something unique for the collection hard to find in US.

- vůně typická Jamajka, sladké ovoce, ananas, hlavně kůže, mastnota
- chuť jamajka, 46% jemná, nasládlá, banány, mastnota

i don't have much to add to the reviews below, it is probably a love it - hate it rum, and i must say i do like it. Although it smells pretty weird in the beginning, if you let it rest for a while it becomes better. The taste is rich, fruity and sweet. Finish is lasting.

this is a great wild rum. i like the fruit and the low sweetness. definitely not for everyone.

The colour is naturally light and straw yellow with no trace of additives as suspected.
The nose is funky, very aromatic and teaming with rubber, ripe sweet banana, glue, coconut and medicin cabinet. Hints of vanilla also fade in.
The taste is medium to heavy bodied with the same notes found in the nose, complemented by honey, slightly toasted barrel and overripe pineapple, fading into a medium long finish.
This is classic and funky, fermented hampden, but not so much as to scare away newcommers to brand. Well done hampden (This review was done with the first release, with no age proclamation on the label)
To those that think this is more whiskey than rum, I would claim the exact opposite. This bottle of rum is as real as it get's:-) (8.7)

Wild rum with many different tastes. Strong and dry, mostly for more experienced drinkers looking for something different.

Lots of very strange notes like nail polish remover, paint solvent and paint stripper, also rubbery, but then again quite rich on tropical fruits. I generally like Jamaican rums and their funky edges, but here these notes are so overpowering they steer away too much from what I find attractive in a rum.

Hate the label. The rum smells like a barn at first sniff. Tastes like a barn at every turn and sip. Plenty of burn but no ethanol flavor. This is funky! Based on memory, this is a bit like Smith & Cross (but lower abv). Interesting but a bit challenging.